A Familiar Cycle
May 21, 2023A Familiar Cycle
Judges 2.6-19 CSB
Outline:
Context of Conquest and Settlement
- Joshua 23.12-13
Judges 2.6-10
A sobering thought that one generation or two is all it takes…
Judges 2.11-13
- Every turning away is a turning toward.
- Baal and Ashtoreth: Canaanite deities
- Massive distinction between the God we worship and those of other religions: wanting from vs. wanting for
Judges 2.14-15
- God protects you when in danger and pursues you in disobedience.
Judges 2.16-17
- God’s provision was in the judges.
- Judges functioned as mediators of justice; settled conflict via war and aggression.
Judges 2.18
- Israel groaned: sometimes verbal, but every time miserable.
- Sin always produces suffering.
Judges 2.19
- An eerily familiar cycle
Individual, relational, and generational applications: